Party Leftovers??

[emma'smom]

Had a great holiday party over the week-end, but (as always) I have lots of leftovers. Now I'm trying to figure out how to use them up by turning them into meal components this week. Any ideas (paired with household staples)? For example, tonight I used a baguette's worth crostini and leftover cheeseboard cheeses-- So I made French onion soup with toasted "cheese croutons".

Here's what I have leftover in enough quantity that I want do something with it:
Bacon Ranch Dip
Curry Dip
Sausage Bisquick Balls
Cut vegetables
Crackers
Tortilla chips
Pita chips
Wheel of Brie


Any ideas?

 

[Kae]

Stir fry for veggies we always do that. Brie put on sandwiches.

 

[Ensusieasm]

Had a great holiday party over the week-end, but (as always) I have lots of leftovers. Now I'm trying to figure out how to use them up by turning them into meal components this week. Any ideas (paired with household staples)? For example, tonight I used a baguette's worth crostini and leftover cheeseboard cheeses-- So I made French onion soup with toasted "cheese croutons".

Here's what I have leftover in enough quantity that I want do something with it:
Bacon Ranch Dip
Curry Dip
Sausage Bisquick Balls
Cut vegetables
Crackers
Tortilla chips
Pita chips
Wheel of Brie


Any ideas?

Make soup out of the vegetables and serve with crackers. Serve the sausage bisquick balls with scrambled eggs for breakfast.

 

[miztressuz]

Can you throw chicken in with the curry dip like chicken salad? Then use the pita chips to eat it?

I somehow want to put the brie with the sausage balls but haven't quite managed to make that into a coherent thought.

 

[TwoMisfits]

Had a great holiday party over the week-end, but (as always) I have lots of leftovers. Now I'm trying to figure out how to use them up by turning them into meal components this week. Any ideas (paired with household staples)? For example, tonight I used a baguette's worth crostini and leftover cheeseboard cheeses-- So I made French onion soup with toasted "cheese croutons".

Here's what I have leftover in enough quantity that I want do something with it:
Bacon Ranch Dip
Curry Dip
Sausage Bisquick Balls
Cut vegetables
Crackers
Tortilla chips
Pita chips
Wheel of Brie


Any ideas?

I'd pull out some chicken for the week. I'd make an "Indian" chicken pot pie, sauteing some of your cut veg (celery, carrots, maybe a cut green bean or snap pea if you have it) with some onion and butter, adding in some cooked chicken, add flour for a roux, and then some broth to thin and the curry dip for the "sauce" - keep spices low (although check salt) b/c you want the curry to carry...put in a 13x9 and throw a pie crust or some biscuits on top...375 for 30 minutes or so (ie - when the crust is done)

I'd use the rest of the chicken as baked chicken tenders...I'd take the bacon ranch dip and the crackers - I'd cut my chicken into tender size and I'd use the dip like Southerners use mayo to coat chicken and then I'd dip in crushed cracker crumb (you can do this with the chips, too, but I never like tortilla to even get slightly soft, so I would avoid that one...bake it off in the oven at 425 for 15-20 (flip once)

And the last of my chicken pack would go to something like this brie and carmelized onion stuffed chicken breast (or I'd just dip it with apples and pears and honey...but that's me...http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/brie-and-caramelized-onion-stuffed-chicken-breasts-198868

For the sausage balls, I'd go breakfasty - I'd dice them up small and use in a hash (and use any bell peppers you might have on your veg tray with some potatoes, sweet potatoes and/or onions) - serve with a soft fried egg on top...or use them as the base of a nice quiche (gotta totally crumble it for the quiche)...could get rid of broccoli in a quiche, if that's on your veg tray...you could get the brie into your hash or quiche, but you might want to take off the waxy edge...

 

[LovesTimone]

With the sausage balls you could chop up and use in a messy omelet, basically scrambled egg's with whatever mixed in.

With the curry dip, you could add in chicken and make like the buffalo chicken dip, use the crackers with it.

I would use the brie with some fruit and honey for a snack or add to breakfast menu...

The cut veggies, you could steam all together for a side dish, throw in with a roast, or chicken...or just roast them in the oven, you could make veggie stock out of them too.

 

[Minnesota!]

I would just have an appetizer dinner - a mustgo night, as my mom called it. Everything "must go"..

 

[miztressuz]

I would just have an appetizer dinner - a mustgo night, as my mom called it. Everything "must go"..

Same here, I like the 'mustgo', we just called it smorgasbord night. But lately I call it "Chopped" night, like the TV show I pull out 3 or 4 things that must go regardless of if they even remotely go together and we throw other things at it until it resembles dinner... sometimes it does, other times it's just smorgasbord night

 

[bravestmerida]

Chips and crackers will freeze just fine. Could use leftover crackers to make peanut butter sandwiches or add sliced cheese and use up as snacks for a bit. Tortilla chips could work as nachos with lettuce, cheese and beans for a meal, crush up and add to taco salad or tortilla soup, use to bread chicken or enjoy as is.